When Masters and Johnson decide to film external reactions in the study, they must convince Lester and Jane that their footage won't cross the line into pornography. Haas and Vivian's plans for a Presbyterian church wedding are sidetracked when Haas reveals he's Jewish. Libby keeps her pregnancy a secret from Masters and instead encourages him to mend his relationship with his mother. But during late night visits to the hospital, Estabrooks observes Masters and Johnson's intimate relationship.
William Masters and Virginia Johnson were the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory of Masters and Johnson.
Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine and nearly a dozen appearances on Johnny Carson's couch.
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